ALLEN L. THURMAN

**B Glezen St. Worcester, Ma *1604- 857-***-**** – qtp694@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Seeking a 2nd or 3rd shift part time position in the field of computer engineering and/or information technology

Education: The University of Akron, Akron OH. –Bachelor of Science- Computer Engineering May 2006

Michigan State University, E. Lansing MI. - Engineering August 1999 - May 2000

Relevant Classes – Programmable Logic, Microprocessor Interfacing, Switching and Logic, VLSI Design,

Data Structures and Algorithms I and II (C++), Database Management, Programming for Engineers

Professional Experience:

Philips Medical Systems - Andover, Ma June 2007 – August 2010

Software Engineer:

• Lead Developer of Operating System, application install, and driver installs for ultrasound machines

• Write windows shell scripts for silent automatic installations of all software

• Develop Windows XP Embedded operating systems using Microsoft Target Designer

• Write supplemental programs and scripts for adjustments as part of the installs (C++, C#, vbscript, shell script)

• Made modifications to the ultrasound application to support installs ( C++)

Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research - Cambridge, Ma July 2006 – June 2007

Computer Deskside Support:

• Computer Hardware and Software support for the buildings in Cambridge.

• Imaged and deployed machines to new hires and filled hardware/software requests for existing users

• Repaired hardware on laptop and desktop computers

• Assisted in voip phone administration using Cisco call manager

• Assisted LAN administration on Cisco switches

• Member of 24 hour Data Center support team, servicing Windows servers and network switches

The Hoover Company - North Canton, Ohio Jan 2004 - May 2004

Engineering Co-op:

• Hardware and Software support for the Engineering Department.

• Wrote LabView applications for various test stations and documented for future change or maintenance.

• Wrote and edited applications in Visual Basic for usage in an Access database of the test results.

• Assisted in converting Labview applications to C#.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company - Akron, OH May 2002 - August 2002

E-Business:

• Part of team responsible for editing Goodyear websites by creating graphics and writing html code

• Wrote scripts for web searches and dynamically creating html pages using javascript and Perl;

Lab Computer Support August 2001 - January 2002

• Maintained computers in dynamic test lab; provided maintenance, upgrades, and installs

• Wrote programs for database manipulation and data acquisition from test machines (Visual Basic)

• Created internal web pages for searching the materials inventory using Java and embedded SQL (Oracle PHP)

• Created and edited applications in Visual Basic for data acquisition in testing of rubber samples.

Computer Help Desk May 2001 – August 2001

• Worked at the help desk offering phone support for all computer users in Goodyear North America

• Addressed all hardware and software problems, periodically going to the users desk to assist when needed

Computer Hardware Support May 2000 - January 2001

• Provided computer hardware support for all computer users in the Akron Main campus

• Installed new Goodyear-based Windows NT image onto computers for all users

• Performed all hardware upgrades such as new computers or extended memory for current users installing peripherals such as scanners, zip drives, cd writers, etc. for users. Also re-imaged and added pcs to the network which included configuring DNS and creating Symantec Ghost image backups.

Honors and Activities:

National Merit Scholar Semi-Finalist

Web Site editor for National Society of Black Engineers University of Akron chapter

Member of ChallengeX team: Developed embedded system for diagnostic LCD reading messages from CAN bus

Skills:

• Replace or maintain all desktop and laptop computer hardware and peripherals

• Familiar with Windows, all MS Office Products, Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, BRIO, Lotus Notes

• Formal education: Operating System Concepts, Database management, Microprocessor interfacing, Circuit Analysis, VLSI design, Object Oriented Programming

• Programming experience in C, C++, C#, Windows shell script, Pascal, Matlab, SQL, Visual Basic, vbscript, Javascript, PERL, PHP/Oracle, Lab View, LASI, PSPICE, Macromedia- Dream Weaver, Maxplus, MPLab (Microprocessor interfacing), VHDL, and HTML

References Available Upon Request

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